Professional Development
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The PIO Calendar Reaches 20,000 Views
The PIO Calendar reached another major milestone today, surpassing 20,000 website views since launching in February 2026. What began as a simple idea to make Public Information Officer training and professional development easier to find has continued to grow into a resource used by PIOs, communicators, instructors, emergency managers, public safety professionals, and organizations across…
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The PIO Calendar Records Its Busiest Month Yet
June marked a significant milestone for The PIO Calendar. More public information officers, communicators, emergency managers, instructors, and organizations used The PIO Calendar in June than during any previous month since the platform launched earlier this year. More importantly, June demonstrated that the public information community continues to embrace a single, centralized place to discover…
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Platform Update: Free Training Opportunities Are Now Easier to Spot 🆓
One of the best parts of building The PIO Calendar is hearing directly from the people who use it. Recently, Tyler Dumont reached out with a simple suggestion: make free training opportunities easier to identify in our email newsletters. It was a great idea. Beginning this week, free events featured in both the Weekly Digest…
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Platform Update: New Feedback Tools Added to Improve The PIO Calendar Experience
The PIO Calendar has always been built around a simple idea: make it easier for public information officers and communicators to discover opportunities that help them learn, connect, and grow. As the platform continues expanding, we are adding new ways to better understand what users need and how we can continue improving the experience. Today,…
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Platform Update: Introducing the PIO Calendar Assistant Beta
Finding the right professional development opportunity just got easier. The PIO Calendar continues to grow, with hundreds of upcoming trainings, conferences, webinars, networking events, and resources available for public information officers and communications professionals. As the number of opportunities grows, so does a new challenge: How do you quickly find the opportunities that are right…
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The PIO Calendar Reaches New Milestone as Search Becomes Top Referral Source
The PIO Calendar continues to grow as public information officers and communicators search for training, conferences, webinars, and professional development opportunities.
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The PIO Calendar Surpasses 500 Events Listed Since Launch
The PIO Calendar has surpassed 500 events listed since launching in February 2026, highlighting the growing need for a centralized resource connecting communicators with training, conferences, webinars, and professional development opportunities.
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Weekly PIO Calendar Digest – Week of May 18, 2026
This week’s PIO Calendar digest highlights what is new, what is drawing attention, and what deserves a closer look. Use it as a quick planning tool for upcoming professional development and a simple scan of where the field appears to be focusing right now. What stands out this week: 31 new events were added recently,…
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Oregon Association of PIOs Annual Conference
The annual conference for the Oregon Association of Public Information Officers brings together over 100 communications professionals in law enforcement, fire and local government from across Oregon and SW Washington. This year’s agenda will include relevant topics like crisis communications, AI and social media, courses for advanced PIOs and beginners, networking opportunities by region and…